The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1887-04-08
Revealed 70 tho world,


1t has just been revealed that William Kis
, sane, the once noted forger and Col William
4 | Rogers q wealthy citizen OF California, livin
at Sonoma, are one and the same person. Kis
! sane's history 10 one Of the most remarkable OF
record. Once the companion OF tho most notet
Gus crimes himself, be ia ct present living \
! luxury at San Francisco. His identity nigh
have continued unknown for ami definite peri
cd to the people Of San Francisco, except for hi
anxiety to get an old indictment out OF the way
! Lawyer John B Hart OF San Francisco ha
made application to quash the SO year old In
dctment for forgery hanging over the head Of
) Kissane. An interesting story Is that OF Sgd
ncy G BurtOn's efforts To run down Kissane
Burton, leather merchant, was swindled Out
OF several thousand dollars by Cincinnati firm
with whom Kssane was In some way assOcia
ted. Kssane and other members OF tho gang
soon after bought the steamer Martha Wash.
| ington, loaded her, had her heavily insured
and started her for New Orleans. On Jan "A
1852, she was burned near Helena, Ark, and l6
was valued at $4,000. Burton informed the
insurance companies that he considered the
affair big fraud and they refused to pay the
insurance. Burton then started out to hunt
down the swinders. They tired unsuccessfully
to buy him off, and then turned on him. He
| wrote book the matter, and his daughter has
this at Cleveland, with confession by Kissane,
and various interesting letters showing Kis-
| sancs connection with other disreputable mat
tiers. 1t is declared that Kssane has brother
in California of etill greater prominence than
himself, lawyer, whose identity Is at present
| even deeper mystery than that of the former
has been. There have been conflicting state
| ments about him. From some OF them it was
| understood that his brother bad taken the same
| family name that Kissane bad-in fact that the
! whole Kissanc family had abandoned their pat
ronymic in order to divorce themselves as COM
Jy,la frpy hn m
| Kissane's crimes.
MASS MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL.
| Faneuil hall at Bost n was packed almost to
suffocation Monday night by thoroughly
American audience, to protest against the Tory
policy OF coercion. Gov AMes presided and in
PRODUCED Senator Hoar in short speech The
senator was followed by Mayor O'Brien, Rev
Cyrus A Bartol, John Boyle o'Reily, Lieut.
Gov Bracket, Rev A Miner, Rev Father
Telling OF Newburyport, John + Fitzgerald,
Rev Father Conaty Of Worcester, cx-Mayor
Donovon Of Lowell, Rev Father McKenna OF
Marlboro, and W Elliott Lord of the Adver-
tiser. The speeches were vigorous and elected
the speeches was voiced by DR. Miner, who de-
clared that the opposition movement was in
dorsed not because the oppressed peope were
lrishmen, but because they were men, and that
such an act would be opposed wherever adopt.
ed. During the evening letters Of sympathy
Senator Dawes, Congressman Collins and Col
lectOr Saltonstali. The sum OF $1l03 was hand
ed In at the meeting to be forwarded to the Irish
league fund. kilograms were also prepared
and were adopted and Endorsed by TIE meeting
to BE- sent to Gladstone and Parnell
FATHER crRRAN BANIsHED BY THE ARCH
BISHOP.
Vigorous language was used Friday night at
the regular meeting OF DR. McGlynn's support
ers, when 1t was announced that Archbishop
oorrigan I'd sent Father Curran, DR. McGlynn's
warm friend, to do penance In New Jersey
monastery because be had appeared at the re-
cent Academy of Music meeting. Tho arch
bishops name was Kissed and one speaker
said: "He is jealous of the superior brain
power possessed by our beloved pastor, DR.
McGynn. Corrigsn is as jealous Of DR. |
McGynn as Judas was OF Christ and would |
sell him to the highest bidder just as readily as
Judas did the great man OF ancient times whose |
steps DR. McGlynn has followed when be de
voted bis life to help the poor and afflicted"
One Of the latest plans Of DR. McGlynn's friends
is to get up a mammoth trades procession and |
march to Archbishop Corrigan's residence and |
ask for DR. McGlypn's reinstatement. Follow.
ing the penance inflicted by Archbishop CORR.
gan upon Father Curran comes the removal Of
Father Burtscll, one OF the best known Catholic
clergymen OF the metropolis from the diocesan
office Of defender of the marriage bond" by
the archbishop.
SHE WORE A BALL AND CHAIN.
-Four weeks ago Saturday night, in one of the
worst snow storms of the winter, Mrs Abby
Lindsey, an insane pauper, 48 years old, left to
mate OF the Prescott almshousc, jumped from
the window and made her escape. Her body
was found Sunday afternoon. Most of the
body was covered with snow, but the face had
been eaten away and the eyes pecked out by
crows. Ugly rumors have been current of late /
about the treatment of the inmates IN the Pres
colt almshouse and the conductors of the house,
Walter Vaughn and wife, are charged with
nhuman treatment of Mrs Lindsey. Among
'ther crueties she was compelled to drag ball
md chain about and was horsewhipped ffe.
luently. .rr III ae
BULLET THROUGH HIS DRAIN.
Volney Il Chamberlain. against whom suits
or perjury and concealmcnt ofassets to the |
mount OF $4,000, brought by John p Squire
{ Co, the we'll known Cambridge pork pack
RS, are now pending, committed suicide Mon
ay afternoon at his residence in Cambridge,
y shooting through the heart Chamberlain |
ad been confined to his bed some six weeks,
wing wholly to mental worry caused by con !
nued liugatoDs. He leaves a widow and !
son.
PERHAPS 300 LIVES SACRIFICED. !
There is now little doubt that the sealing I
teamer Eagle went TO pieces on the reefs off ]
rink island, near st Johns, N F, during the /
,rrible gale of March IL. The loss OF the
teamer and the 300 men who composed her i
rev. is the most dreadful visitation IN the his /
Dry of New Founulsnd. About 1000 people {
re loft destitute.
The Boston express train that rolled into t
lew York at 10 30 last Thursday night, vas c
GIFTED by electricity and heated by steam. I
or the first time in the history OF railroading '
ne world over, q complete train SO lighted and 9
Gated has been successfully run. il
A terrible explosion Tuesday at Savanna,
indian Territory killed six miners. A rescuing y
arty was sent down into the mine, but they y
'ere ovsrpowered by gas and IL were suffocated
efore they could be taken out, making Is dead :
q all. Most OF the victims are Italians.
The Massachusetts coast had friQhtful wealth. "
r the latter part OF last week. At many points
! New England telegraph wires were prostra-
ID BY the storm, and the railroads covered BY | Y
uge snowdrifts. Several trains in Maine ere =,
D badly blockaded that they had to be ebau
oned by the passengers, who found shelter In y
eighboring houses as best they might The J.
Gamer katahdin from Boston for Portland, -
ut into Portsmouth harhor after a rough ex -
eriencc, and landed her l25 passengers, who
roceeded to their destinations by rail.
Arguments in the hearing on the cause of the !"
ussey bridge disaster have been closed and y
e matter taken under consideration by the e
abab.e. At the bearing Friday Prof Swain | : ~
rongly criticised the design of the hangers
I'd said they were faulty la construction. :
ngineer Eewins who designed the bridge took
c stand and defended his handiwork A let
r was read by the chairman from the Jersey
eel and Iron company of Trenton, N J, say
o that n pOrfinn of ha bod hoop |